Big Bus Tours provides open-top National Mall sightseeing tours. Take advantage of 24- or 48-hour hop-on, hop-off trips to see the city's famous sights. While travelling, you can get knowledge of the city's past by listening to the interesting and instructive comments.

All of the National Mall's significant monuments are covered by the monument tours provided by Trip Hacks DC. It takes three hours in total. Spend between three and five hours on your self-guided monuments tour.

There are numerous free monuments, memorials, and museums, such as the well-known Lincoln and Jefferson memorials and the well-liked National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Coolers, backpacks, and other small bags are allowed but subject to inspection while entering the guarded area (between 17th Street and the Lincoln Memorial).